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UNTTED STATES Patented January 3, 1905.

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W'ILLIAM C.' BEERS, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,944, dated January 3, 1905.

Application filed February 19, 1904. Serial No. V194,390.

To all whom it mfr/U concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. BEERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Puzzles or Analogous Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to puzzles and analogous devices; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction thereof, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims. 4

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as follows:

Figure l shows a front view of the device; Fig. aback view; Fig. 3, a View of the notched disk; Fig. 4, a cross-section through the center of the device.

rI`he puzzle consists, essentially, of three parts-a round plate or a notched disk A and guide-plate B, having an opening in which the disk A is arranged, said guide-plate having' notches adapted to be brought into register with the notches in the disk, and pins C, which have necks arranged, preferably, at their centers, which iit in the notches of the plate and disk, and the shoulders formed at the sides of the neck form a locking means which holds the disk and plate together.

The disk A is provided, preferably, with three sizes of notches a, a', and a2-a the largest size, a the middle size, and a2 the smallest. The guide-plate B is provided with notches of similar sizes, the largest being' the middle size and the smallest b2. The pins C have the three sizes of neckswc, which is the largest size and adapted to it in the largest notches of the plate and disk, the neck o', which is adapted to fit in the notches a and b, and the neck c2, which is adapted to tit in the notches a2 and b2. The notches of the disk A in the preferred construction are of such depth that when the pins are in place in the notches the shoulders of the pins overlap the guide-plate, and consequently lock the disk and guide-plate together, but leave the parts Ordinarily the plate is held and the disk rotated in the plate, being guided by the shoulders on the pins. The disk is provided with segments the back side.

of different colors, preferably a different color for each notch. In the preferred construction these colors are red a4, white a5, and blue a6, andthe guide-plate has a similar arrangement of colors, so that when the disk is in the proper position-the colors will register. Writing matter may also be inserted, if desired, the sentences or parts of which will be completed when the disk is broughtinto the proper position. The pins are also colored, having the same colors as the segments-red, white, and blue-and pins having the different sizes of necks are provided in such numbers and sizes that a pin ofpropercolor and having a propersized neck may be brought into each notch, thus completely filling the notches in the disk. The notches b, and Z22 are of a depth that permits the movement of the carried pins in the notches in the disk past pins in these notches. In the drawings I show one of the notches o with the extension (z3, into which an eXtra pin may be placed, if desired. This eX- tra pin simply adds to the confusion and difficulty in getting the right pins in the right notches. A round shoulder A is arranged at the center of the disk, by means of which the disk may be rotated to bring it in the position desired. The color scheme at the opposite sides of the disk or opposite sides of the plate are preferably not in register, so that when the device is brought into proper register on the front side it is out of proper register on It will be noted that the necks on the pins are so concealed that their size cannot be readily determined. It is in the op*l eration of the puzzle, therefore, not unusual to get a pin of smaller-size neck in larger notches. Where this happens, in order to take care of all the pins it will be necessary to put a pin with a la-rger neck in one of the small notches, which is impossible. It becomes necessary, therefore, in order to get all the pins properly placed to have the right-sized necks in notches arranged for them. The pins of the same color are varied as to the size of the necks, so that the size of neck cannot be determined by the color of the pin. The pins are moved into the larger notches b b2 and the disk with the other pins moved by it, so as to bring the proper notch into register, when the pin may lOO be moved into it. 'Ihe thing to be attained is to get the pins all so placed that every notch may be filled with a pin of properl size and color corresponding With the color on they plate and disk.

While this is described as adapted to a puzzle, the rotative feature, with the locking means provided by the shoulders on the pins, may be used for other purposes. I do not, therefore, Wish to be limited in the broad phases of my invention to the scheme of colors on the vcards and pins or the arrangement of notches.

In order to assemble the plate and disk, I provide an opening, (shown by the dotted line 67,) Which after the assembling of the parts is closed. The pins are passed through this opening and then through the slot I) to position on the disk.

What I claim as new isl. In a puzzle or analogous device, the combination of a disk provided with a notch; a guide-plate having an annular opening in which the disk rotates, the edges of the opening being provided With a notch adapted to be brought into register With a notch in the disk; and a pin having a neck adapted to iit in the notch, the shoulders formed by the neck locking the disk in the opening.

2. In a puzzle or analogous device, the combination vvith a round plate; a guide-plate having an opening in Which said round plate is arranged, one of said plates being provided with a series of notches, the other of said plates having a notch adapted to be brought into register With said notches; and pins adapted to fit in said notches and proportioned to permit of a rotative movement of the round plate, said pins having necks forming shoulders Which overlap said plates holding the plates together.

3. In a puzzle or analogous device the combination of a round plate havinga series of notches therein of different sizes; a guideplate having an opening therein in which said round plate rotates, having notches in the edges of thc opening of sizes varying as the sizes in the round plate and different-sized pins arranged in said notches, the notches being so proportioned that pins in the notches in one of said plates may be moved past pins in the notches of the other of said plates.

4. In a puzzle or analogous device, the combination of a round plate having a series of notches therein of different sizes; a guideplate having an opening therein in which said round plate rotates, having notches in the edges of the opening of sizes varying as the sizes in the round plate and different-sized pins arranged in said notches, the notches being so proportioned that the pins in the notches in one of said plates may be moved past pins in the notches of the other of said plates, said pins having necks forming shoulders overlapping said plates 'or holding them together.

5. In a puzzle or analogous device, the combination of a round plate having a series of distinguishable ornamentations arranged thereon; a guide-plate having an opening' therein in which said round plate rotates, said guideplate being provided with a series of ornamentations to match the ornamentations on the round plate when brought into register, one of said plates being provided With a series of notches one for each ornamentation, and the other of said plates being provided With a notch adapted to be brought into register With said notches; and a series of pins arranged to lit in said notches and having an ornamentation to match the ornamentions on said plates, whereby when the ornamentations on the plate are brought into register pins having similar ornamentations may be brought in a certain relation to said ornamentations. A

6. In a puzzle or analogous device the combination of a round plate having a series of distinguishable ornamentations on both sides arranged thereon; a guide-plate having an opening therein in which said round plate rotates, said guide-plate being provided With a series or ornamentations on both sides to match the ornamentations on the round plate when brought into register, one of said plates being provided With a series of notches one Jfor each ornamentation, and the other of said plates being provided with a notch adapted to be brought into register with said notches; and a series of pins arranged to iit in said notches and having ornamentations to match the ornamentations on said plates, whereby when the ornamentations on the plate are brought into register pins having similar ornamentations may bebroughtin a certain relation to said ornamentations, the ornamentationsof the pins and plates on the opposite sides being arranged to require an adjustment to bring one side of the plates and pins into proper relation after the other side of said plates and pins are in proper relation.

7. In a puzzle or analogous device the combination of a round plate having a series of distinguishable ornamentations thereon, and a series of different-sized notches therein; a guide-plate having a like series of ornamentations; and a series of notches varying in size as the notches in the round plate, said notches being adapted to be brought into register; and a series of pins proportioned to lit the various-sized notches of one of said plates into the other to bring them in proper relation, said pins having ornamentations similar to the ornamentations on the plates.

8. In a puzzle or analogous device, the cornbination of a round plate having a series of distinguishable ornamentations thereon, and a series of dierent-sized notches therein; a guide-plate having a like series of ornamentations; and a series of notches varying in size as the notches in the round plate, said notches TOO IOS

being adapted to be brought into register; and a series of pins proportioned to lit the various-sized notches of one of said plates into the other to bring thern in proper relation, said pins having ornamentations similar to the ornamentations on the plates, and having necks forming shoulders which overlap the plates and secure them together.

9. In a puzzle or analogous device, the connbination of the plate A having the series of colors thereon; a' series of diierent sized notches a, a' c2; a guideplate B having the color 51 In adapted to be brought into register with the colors on the round plate; and the notches I), b and b2 adapted to be brought into register with the notches on the round plate and proportioned to the different sizes of notches on the round plate, said plates having a variation of the arrangement oi' colors on the opposite sides, whereby they are out of register on one side when in register on the other side; and the pins C having differentsized necks c, o and c2 and adapted to enter the notches.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set rny hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM C. BEERS.

Witnesses BIRDENA HALL, M. C. SULLIVAN. 

